June 17, 2017

Somewhere between our role models for manhood—like basketball stars who cross dress, baseball players addicted to drugs, and college football players who beat up females in dorm rooms—and our contorted view of manhood as seen on TV shows—where Dad is pictured as a harmless idiot who must be guided by either his wiser children or

1. God himself changes you. This is foundational to all. “It is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure” (Phil. 2:13). He intervenes in your life, turning you from suicidal self-will to the kingdom of life. He raises you in Christ when you are dead in trespasses